# Testing edit function **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 19, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613 "2007-01-19T20:04:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/1 "2007-01-19T20:04:07Z")
Lets see if this works then. two minutes later… does it still work ? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/2 "2007-01-19T20:10:43Z")
Strange, less than five minutes after I posted the edit button has gone. Is the edit a one-time only feature? [inserted text after 4 minutes] ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/3 "2007-01-19T20:13:27Z")
Another test message [test insertion] ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/4 "2007-01-19T20:54:35Z")
Yes, the edit function is for only 5 minutes. It is useful but keeps us mostly honest. A great compromise. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/5 "2007-01-19T22:14:54Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Yes, the edit function is for only 5 minutes. It is useful but keeps us mostly honest. A great compromise. [/QUOTE] That’s ok, I’m usually [del]slightly dishonest[/del] mostly honest. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/6 "2007-01-19T22:29:51Z")
[QUOTE=Billdo] That’s ok, I’m usually [del]slightly dishonest[/del] mostly honest. [/QUOTE] As a test of my honesty, I’ll try to edit without giving a reason. Edited to add: I have no reason. ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/7 "2007-01-19T22:49:00Z")
This is a test. Hey, it works for me too ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/8 "2007-01-19T23:44:41Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Yes, the edit function is for only 5 minutes. It is useful but keeps us mostly honest. A great compromise. [/QUOTE] I know that, but I tried to edit just after 4 minutes by my stopwatch, and couldn’t. ie it stopped working after LESS THAN 5 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/9 "2007-01-20T00:31:23Z")
If you were typing at very fast speeds (relative to the speed of light) then time went by faster, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/10 "2007-01-20T00:48:23Z")
Eric Blair, eat your heart out. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/11 "2007-01-20T01:05:33Z")
What’s George Orwell got to do with it? BTW, is it just me, or is the board running at snails pace for everyone else too? Are the new features slowing the board down? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/12 "2007-01-20T01:06:03Z")
I wanna give it a test drive too. And it’s too nifty! Awesome! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/13 "2007-01-20T01:09:41Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Morris] What’s George Orwell got to do with it? [/quote] _This comment deleted by the Ministry of Information for purposes of national security. Move along, there’s nothing to see here._ [QUOTE=Peter Morris] BTW, is it just me, or is the board running at snails pace for everyone else too? [/QUOTE] It runs okay for me, but I never seem to have the kinds of connection problems on a regular basis that others complain of. Or maybe I’m just more Zen about it. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/14 "2007-01-20T01:24:31Z")
Well, I’ll be! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/15 "2007-01-20T02:40:48Z")
So what happens if I edit my post and add a comment, then a moderator later edits my post again? Will there be two comments, or only the lasted edit comment? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/16 "2007-01-20T02:46:15Z")
[QUOTE=levdrakon] So what happens if I edit my post and add a comment, then a moderator later edits my post again? Will there be two comments, or only the lasted edit comment? [/QUOTE] It should only have the last edit, I saw \*\*Frank \*\* do that to \*\*Giraffe \*\* in test. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/17 "2007-01-20T02:52:48Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] It should only have the last edit, I saw \*\*Frank \*\* do that to \*\*Giraffe \*\* in test. [/QUOTE] Cool. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/18 "2007-01-20T16:42:59Z")
neat. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/19 "2007-01-21T18:52:35Z")
[edit]This has not been edited, it just uses the edit tag[/edit] ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613/20 "2007-01-22T03:37:18Z")
> [@](#): > > This comment deleted by the Ministry of Information for purposes of national security. Move along, there’s nothing to see here. What comment? There has never been a comment. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613.md?page=2)